The Great Silence: Audiobook
Book 3 of the Skelfs series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Great Silence runs 9.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Sarah Barron (about 6.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 19 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 9.3 hours, it runs longer than 61% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Skelfs
This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 19.4 hours before it; books 1 to 7 run 59.1 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Dark Matter | 10 hrs |
| 2 | The Big Chill | 9.4 hrs |
| 3 | The Great Silence | 9.3 hrs |
| 4 | Black Hearts | 7.9 hrs |
| 5 | The Opposite of Lonely | 8 hrs |
| 6 | Living is a Problem | 7.2 hrs |
| 7 | Ghost Notes | 7.4 hrs |
More narrated by Sarah Barron
Sarah Barron narrates 68 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 647 hours in all.
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
6,109 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Great Silence is book 3 of Doug Johnstone's Skelfs series: a 9.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Sarah Barron, released August 1, 2021, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Sarah Barron
- Released
- August 1, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- Series
- Skelfs #3
- ISBN
- 9781445089492
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Great Silence as an audiobook?
The Great Silence runs 9.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.2 hours.
Is The Great Silence free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Great Silence?
The Great Silence is narrated by Sarah Barron.